Chapter 4: Consequences No One Could Escape
Chapter 4: Consequences No One Could Escape
Three months later...
Lucas sat across from me inside a conference room.
Not as my husband.
Not as a CEO.
Just another man hoping for mercy.
He looked older.
Exhausted.
"I made mistakes."
I said nothing.
"I thought success mattered more than anything."
Still silence.
"I lost everything."
I folded my hands.
"No."
"You traded everything."
He lowered his head.
"I loved you."
I almost smiled.
"No, Lucas."
"You loved control."
He couldn't deny it.
Before leaving, he placed something on the table.
My wedding photograph.
"I kept this."
I pushed it back.
"You keep it."
"It's the only thing you have left."
Later that week, Sophie gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
Lucas attended the delivery.
Then left alone.
Within months, Sophie filed for child support after discovering there was very little money left.
The mansion had been sold.
Luxury cars were repossessed.
Richard faced multiple financial investigations.
Helen quietly moved into a small apartment outside the city.
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For the first time in decades...
No one feared the Bennett name.
